Why is everyone acting like the only way to build a program now is to bring in fifty strangers from the portal every single year? I'm seeing these stories about Oklahoma State bringing in fifty guys and Colorado's forty-three-man class being treated like some genius master plan. That's not building a team, that's assembling a fantasy football roster with no soul. We just had a tailgate last season where three generations of the same family were there, telling stories about games from the '80s. That's culture. That's knowing the guy next to you has been through the same ups and downs for decades, not just since last semester. You can't buy that chemistry in a portal shopping spree. Our number four recruiting class is built on relationships and development, not just throwing the most NIL cash at the biggest name in the portal. How is a team with fifty new players even supposed to have an identity by September? They're going to spend the whole season just learning each other's names while we're already builidng on a foundation that actually lasts. When we roll into Camp Randall this fall, our guys will know what it means to wear that helmet. Can you say the same for a locker room full of mercenaries?